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1.14.2.1.155 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/practitioner-specialty

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Specific specialty associated with the agency

Formal definitions: XML or JSON.

1.14.2.1.155.1 PractitionerSpecialty

This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the specialty of a Practitioner

This value set defines its own terms in the system http://hl7.org/fhir/practitioner-specialty

Code	Display	Definition
cardio	Cardiologist
dent	Dentist
dietary	Dietary consultant
midw	Midwife
sysarch	Systems architect

These codes are used in the following places:

Practitioner.specialty (Example)

The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.155 (OIDs are not used in FHIR, but may be used in v3, or OID based terminology systems).

See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.